It’s difficult for most adults to get through the day without experiencing stress but average stress levels are often amplified in people who are transitioning.

After years of trying to play the part of the gender you were born with, nothing feels quite as good as embracing who you are. After all, as Oscar Wilde said, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” When you make the decision to transition, you’re finally becoming who you really are.

Below is a list of some of the most positive and inspirational quotes for those who are inside or outside of the trans-community to keep in mind on the good (and even the bad) days.

Remember, life is too short to not live it to the fullest!

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.”
– John Lennon

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
-J.K. Rowling

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”
-Maya Angelou

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”
-Jim Morrison

“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien

“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.”
-Oprah Winfrey

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”
-Bernard M. Baruch

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
-Mae West

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson